A Study on Economic Evaluation and Energy Efficiency for the Installation of Water Control Device in Building

급수제어장치 설치에 따른 건축물의 에너지 효율 및 경제성 평가

  • Park, Kang-Hyun (Dept. of Architecture, Graduate School, Soongsil University) ;
  • Cha, Jung-Hoon (Dept. of Architecture, Graduate School, Soongsil University) ;
  • Kim, Su-Min (Dept. of Architecture, Soongsil University)
  • 박강현 (숭실대학교 대학원 건축학과) ;
  • 차정훈 (숭실대학교 대학원 건축학과) ;
  • 김수민 (숭실대학교 건축학부)
  • Published : 2011.11.24

Abstract

Water usage for cleaning the toilet bowl accounts for 27% of the total water usage. Water-saving valve that can select the amount of water for cleaning toilet bowl can be reduced expenditure. After installing water-saving valve, analysed the economic effects. Water-saving valves compared with flush valves, and researched the amount of water usage. Then analyzed fort he economic effects. Water-saving valve was used 5.6 ${\ell}/time$ for cleaning toilet bowl. In contrast, flush valve was consumed 8.4 ${\ell}/time$. Water-saving valve's water-saving rate was 33.3%. The initial payback period for Water-saving valve was 459.5 days. By a small investment in water saving valve, the economic benefits can be obtained.

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